Zo hoort het,  een aluminium body op een CycleKart.
Joseph Ihnat wonende in Indiana (VS) is de maker van dit kunstwerkje.

Dat kale aluminium, in combinatie met de rode velgen staat hem zeker niet onaardig.

Houten frame, period perfect natuurlijk.

Er zitten een aantal complexe vormen in de plaatwerkdelen, maar de meerderheid zijn enkel gekromde vlakken.

De plaatwerk delen zijn uiteindelijk met popnagels aan elkaar gemaakt.

Quotes Joseph Ihnat (de bouwer):

Enclosed is a picture of a car that I built that is sized for a four-year-old. I referred to my Indianapolis race books to come up with a 1930s era design. The car is 75 inches long and weighs 75 pounds. It has a pedal crank chain driver, driving the left hand wheel. (Split rear axle)

The body is all riveted aluminum sheet, except for the nose piece (porcelain enameled roasting pan lid, cut in half, handle removed) and the rear turtledeck (Smoky Joe barbecue grill shell, cut in half). In order to scale it properly, 18 inch bicycle wheels were used. These are not easy to find. There are six exhaust stacks per side, providing plenty of pretend V-12 power.

A four-year-old has no problem pedaling it along thanks to about $120 worth of roller bearings. I used chain guards from a 10-speed to emulate the disc brakes. (It has no brakes – for now) I upholstered the seat by cutting foam swimming pool noodles in half lengthwise and covering them with naugahyde.

Poppen’s Auto Service is the local garage I have my cars serviced at. They’ve been in business since 1936.

Bron: Hemmings Auto Blog